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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2003
EVENT: HOUSE in session.
DATE: March 13, 2003
CONTACT: Republican Cloakroom, 202-225-7430 or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-225-7400.
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE Subcommittee holds hearings on Natural Resources Conservation Service
1:30 a.m. - Research, Education and Economics
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2356-A Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE Subcommittee holds hearings on the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE DEFENSE Subcommittee holds hearings on:
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs - CLOSED
1:30pm - U.S. Northern Command - CLOSED
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: H-140 U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-224-3471
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE ENERGY & WATER Subcommittee holds hearings on Department of Energy - Science, Nuclear Energy, and Renewable Energy.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE INTERIOR Subcommittee holds hearings on the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: B-308 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 10:15 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION Subcommittee holds hearings on the Department of Education - Panel: "Special
Education and Vocational Education" program.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2328 Rayburn House Office Building
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE TRANSPO/TREASURY Subcommittee holds hearings on the Inspector General of Department of Transportation.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2358 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE APPROPRATIONS COMMITTEE VA, HUD & INDEP. AGENCIES Subcommittee holds hearings on Council on Environmental Quality.
11 a.m. - Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: H-143 U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2171
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request.
WHO: Witnesses:
General Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, Commander, U.S. Northern Command
Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. USN, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2118 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2675
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE Readiness Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on environmental legislative proposals.
WHO: Witnesses:
Raymond F. BuBois, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, Department of Defense
Nelson Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment & Logistics, Department of the Air Force
Raymond J. Fatz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health), Department of the Army
Wayne Arny, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Facilities), Department of the Navy
John Peter Suarez, Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Julie MacDonald, Special Assistant-to-Assistant Administrator for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior
William Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nina M. Young, Director of Marine Wildlife Conservation, The Ocean Conservancy
Lenny Siegel, Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
Michael Bean, Chairman, Wildlife Program, Environmental Defense
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2118 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2675
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will receive testimony on force protection policy: The role of the Department of Defense and the National Guard in homeland security.
WHO: Witnesses:
Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security
Maor General Raymond F. Rees, Acting Chief, National Guard Bureau
Major General Timothy J. Lowenberg, Adjutant General, Director, Washington Military Department
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2212 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2675
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE Total Force Subcommittee will receive testimony on the Department of Defense total force transformation and overview of the fiscal year 2004 military personnel budget request.
WHO: Witnesses:
David S. C. Chu, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Lieutenant General John Le Moyne, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, USA
Vice Admiral Gerald Hoewing, Chief of Naval Personnel
Lieutenant General Garry L. Parks, Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, USMC
Lieutenant General Richard E. (Tex) Brown, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, USAF
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2216 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2675
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Education Reform -- holds hearings on "IDEA, Focusing on Improving Results for Children with Disabilities."
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-225-4527
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations holds hearings on H.R. 660, "Small Business Health Fairness Act." DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-225-4527
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality holds hearings on a Comprehensive National Energy Policy.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2927
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE holds a markup of:
H.R. 21, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act
H.R. 522, the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2003
H.R. 758, the Business Checking Freedom Act of 2003.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2128 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7391
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE holds hearings on "Stumbling onto Smut: The Alarming Ease of Access to Pornography on Peer-to-Peer Networks."
WHO: Witnesses:
Linda Koontz, Director, Information Management Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office
Randy Saaf, President, MediaDefender, Inc. (Los Angeles, California);
Dr. Patricia Greenfield, Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles
Daniel Rung, CEO, Grokster, Inc. (Palm Desert, California)
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5074
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census holds hearings on "Federal E-Government Initiatives: Are We Headed in the Right Direction?"
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5074
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia holds hearings on The Middle East Partnership Initiative: Promoting Democratization in a Troubled Region.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2172 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5021
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere MEMBERS ONLY meeting with Dr. Luis Solari, Prime Minister of Peru, and Mr. Nils Ericsson, Drug Czar of Peru.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: H-139, The Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5021
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Europe holds hearings on the United States Priorities in Europe.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2172 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5021
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property holds hearings on the "International Copyright Piracy: Links to Organized Crime and Terrorism."
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2237 Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3951
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE SCIENCE COMMITTEE Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards - Markup -- H.R. 1081, Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-7285
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE Highways, Transit And Pipelines holds hearings on Reauthorization of Federal Highway and Transit Programs: What are the needs, and how to meet those needs.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3014
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: HOUSE TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation holds President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budgets For The U.S. Coast Guard And The Federal Maritime Commission.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3014
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WITH SENATE VA COMMITTEE hold hearings to receive the 2003 legislative priorities of The Retired Enlisted Association, Gold Star Wives, Fleet Reserve Association and Air Force Sergeants Association.
DATE: March 13, 2003
LOCATION: 345 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3527
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